General English Practice Question and Answer

Q:

Parts of the following sentence have been given as options. One of them may contain an error. Select the part that contains the error from the given options. If you don’t find any error, mark ‘No error’ as your answer.
 She is brave than any other girl in the office. 

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    She is brave
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    in the office
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    No error
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    than any other girl
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Answer : 1. "She is brave "

Q:

Select the correct passive form of the given sentence.
 The manager explained the latest assignment to Lana.

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    The latest assignment was explained to Lana by the manager.
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    The latest assignment had explained to Lana by the manager.
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    The latest assignment had been explained to Lana by the manager.
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    The latest assignment had been explain to Lana by the manager.
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Answer : 1. "The latest assignment was explained to Lana by the manager."
Explanation :

The given sentence is in Active Voice. As per the given question, we have to change it to Passive Voice.
The structure of the given sentence is as follows:
Subject + V2 + Object. (Active Voice)
Subject (objective case) + was/were + V3 + Object (subjective case). (Passive Voice)
Example: Their cousin showed them some rare photographs.
(Active Voice) They were shown some rare photographs by their cousin.
(Passive Voice) The subject of the given sentence is 'The manager'.
The object of the given sentence is 'the latest assignment.
The subject will be put in place of the object and the object will be put in place of the subject.
And 'explained' will be changed into 'was explained'. Lastly, the preposition 'by' will be added.

Q:

Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.

A kick in the teeth

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    A grave setback
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    Severe toothache
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    Removing tooth cavities
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    Hitting someone hard
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Answer : 1. "A grave setback"
Explanation :

"A kick in the teeth" refers to a severe disappointment or setback, usually in a personal or professional context.

Q:

Direction (A-E) : In the following passage, there are blanks each of which has been numbered. These numbers correspond to the question numbers; against each question, five words have been suggested, one of which fills the blanks appropriately.

It took the Delhi High Court to set right last week a largely inexplicable instance of official gender (A) it ruled that the Indian Navy must grant permanent commission to women as well, as the Army and the Air Force had to do following a 2010 order by a different bench of the same court. (B) now, women could qualify only for the Navy’s Short Service Commission with tenure of up to 14 years; this made them ineligible for pension and often unable to find other work they were qualified for, virtually midway through their working lives. Following the latest ruling, women who (C) for a permanent commission will be able to work until the age of 54, as their male counterparts do. The 19 women who filed (D) before the court argued that they had received the same training as their male counterparts and worked for a comparable number of years in different departments, but could go no further for the only reason that they were women. The High Court rightly ruled that it could not support any provision that would restrain the professional (E) of women. Grant of permanent commission would allow women to rise in rank along with the men, and gain pay parity.

Find out the appropriate word in each case. (A)

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    Rights
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    Disturbance
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    Bias
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    Equality
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    Discrimination
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Answer : 5. "Discrimination"

Q:

Parts of the following sentence are given as options. Identify the part that contains a grammatical error. If there is no error, select 'No error'.

That was a good / conversation, I look forward / to meet you.

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    That was a good
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    to meet you.
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    conversation, I look forward
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    No error
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Answer : 2. "to meet you."

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Directions: In the following questions, a sentence has been given in Active/Passive Voice. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Passive /Active Voice.

He made us work.

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    We were made to work by him.
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    We would work by him.
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    We might work by him.
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    We have to work by him.
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Answer : 1. "We were made to work by him."

Q:

Select the option that can be used as a one-word substitute for the underlined group of words.

Raman is finding it difficult to adjust as he has come to a different country from his own country for settling

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    Pilgrim
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    Immigrant
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    Globetrotter
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    Gypsy
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Answer : 2. "Immigrant"
Explanation :

(B) Immigrant - The sentence describes someone settling in a different country, making "Immigrant" the most appropriate one-word substitute for the underlined group of words.

Q:

Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word.

Defile
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    Regularize
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    Labor
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    Particularize
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    Purify
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Answer : 4. "Purify"

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